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planner

/ˈplænə/PLA-nur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈplænɚ/PLA-nur

Meaningone who plans

Common meaning: a person who plans

Other meanings: a diary

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Journey through time

  1. Latinplanus‘plain, flat’source
  2. Frenchplansource
  3. Englishplan‘a scheme’
  4. Englishformed in English from planplanner‘a person who plans’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from plan + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PLAN, p.448 · scan

Source words

  • planus Latin · source word “level, smooth”

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